The paper provides an analysis of labour mobility in Italy, with a joint analysis of residence transfers and "long-range� commuting. In the period 1990-2005, migration inflows have increased in the Centre North, both in short- and long-range component. In the South, by contrast, the low...

Italian Abstract: Questo lavoro analizza le determinanti delle rimesse in uscita dall’Italia e presenta una metodologia per quantificare la parte di esse che non transita via intermediari ufficiali (operatori money transfer, banche, poste) ma defluisce tramite canali informali, non rilevabili...

In this paper we study the evolution of citizenship laws around the world. Our analysis is based on a dataset we compiled to document such evolution in 162 countries in the 1948-2001 period. Our econometric results can be summarized as follows. The legal tradition, as represented by the...

The Harris-Todaro model of rural to urban migration is extended to include urban agglomeration effects, some urban real wage flexibility and a government budget constraint. Without employment subsidies, laissez-faire migration is excessive unless real wage flexibility and agglomeration effects...

Italian Abstract: Il presente lavoro sfrutta i dati fiscali per un'analisi della distribuzione del reddito a livello territoriale in Italia. Nel 2011 l'indice di Gini, la misura più comune della disuguaglianza, era pari al 40 per cento. Nel Mezzogiorno l'indice era superiore di oltre 3 punti...

Italian abstract: In questa nota vengono presentati i risultati relativi all’analisi dell’impatto dell’evasione fiscale sulla diseguaglianza nella distribuzione dei redditi in Italia. L’analisi ha preso in considerazione i dati disponibili dal World Inequality Database (WID) per il...

The paper describes first the evolution in total household wealth in Italy over the period 1965-2010 before addressing the analysis of wealth inequality. On the basis of reconstructed data, we show that household wealth inequality declined until the beginning of the 1990s. It then grew...